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Petersburg, VA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current station building | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 3516 South Street, Ettrick(Petersburg), Virginia United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°14′31″N 77°25′43″W / 37.2419°N 77.4287°W / 37.2419; -77.4287 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | CSX Transportation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Amtrak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island and 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes; free | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | PTB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | 31,563 annually 2.47% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Petersburg is an Amtrak railroad station located at 3516 South Street in Ettrick, Virginia just outside the city of Petersburg. However, like most of Ettrick, it has a Petersburg address. The station was built in 1955 by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) and is near Virginia State University and Rogers Stadium.
A replacement station has been proposed at a site nearby in Colonial Heights to serve the Tri-Cities of Petersburg, Colonial Heights, and Hopewell. Those plans appear shelved as of July 2019. The Commonwealth Transportation Board reported that $5.7 million had been secured for modernizing the station including replacement of the passenger platform and connecting ramps, as well as improving the parking lot, access road, and signs on Interstate 95.
In the 1970s Amtrak also served Union Station in Petersburg until Mountaineer service east-west across Virginia ended in 1977.
References
- "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2018, Commonwealth of Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak Government Affairs. June 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- Buettner, Michael (17 May 2017). "Feds propose moving Amtrak station out of Ettrick". The Progress-Index. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- Atkinson, Bill (6 July 2019). "Ettrick's Amtrak future appears back on track". Virginian-Pilot. The (Petersburg) Progress-Index. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
External links
Media related to Petersburg station at Wikimedia Commons
- Petersburg, VA – Amtrak
- Petersburg, VA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Petersburg, Virginia; Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Petersburg Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide - Train Web)
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